Self-opening container



C. GUERITEY. SELF-OPENING CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED MAY a. Isls.

L3L50- rammed May 25, `1920.

WITNESSES 4 y /NVENTQR am. ATTORNEYS UNITED .STATES CHARLES GUERITEY, OF BROGKLYN, NEV YORK.

SELF-OPENING CONTAINER.

Application 1ed May 8, 1919.

To all 'Lv/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, CHARLES GUERITEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofL Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State 'of New York, have invented a new and Improved `Self-Opening Container, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rilhis invention relates to a new and improved container and more particularly to a container which is airtight and adapted to be self-opening.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a container having a coven and a main body portion, which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture and which may be opened without requiring the use of instruments or other means for separating the body from the cover therefor.

More specifically one of the objects of this invention is to provide in an airtight box having a body and a cover therefor, said box 'being particularly adapted to receive paste or other semi-liquid material, a means whereby the body and cover therefor may be separated by merely dropping the box suddenly.

A further object is to provide in a container, having a cover and a body portion, a self-opening means which functions to separate the cover from the main body portion and serves as a holder orreceptacle for the main body portion of the box both when the cover is in position thereon and when removed therefrom so that the bottom of the main body portion of ther box will at all times be spaced from the under surface upon which the receptacle rests, thus permitting the free circulation of air around said box.

Stilll a further object of this invention is to provide in a container, having a body and cover therefor, a means for conveniently separating the two parts by the sudden jarring of said means and which will act as a positioning member for the body of the box or container, so that to again apply the cover to the box, the cover is positioned on said means above the box so that the cover and body portion of the box may be conveniently pressed between the fingers.

The above-objects are substantially accomplished by providing a member so constructed and arranged as to normally hold the box or container in spaced relation to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May'25, 1920.

Serial No. 295,528.

the surface upon which the member rests, so that if the said member is raised and suddenly dropped on the supporting surface, the cover and body portion of the box will be separated.

therobjects and advantages will be apparent from the following specification and the accompanying drawings showing one of the preferred forms of this invention.

lt is to be understood, however, that this invention is not limited to the exact construction here shown, but to cover broadly the feature of providing a member normally positioning the spacing box in spaced relation to a supporting surface so that if the spacing member is moved and suddenly stopped, the inertia of the body portion of the box will tend to cause the body of the box to continue to move through they distance which separates it from the supporting surface while the cover of the box is held in a iixed position, thus causing the body and cover to be separated.

Figure l is a vertical sectional view showing the box in a closed position with the edges of the cover resting upon the spacing member.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the position of the parts after the body portion of the container has moved downwardly from the cover. This view ralso shows the relative position of the parts prior to the closing of the box, it being merely necessary to. place the container between the lingers and pressing the same.

In the drawings showing one of the preferred forms of the invention, the cover l is provided with downwardly extending side portions 2, there being provided at the lower edge thereof a bent or turned positioning edge l The main body portion e of the box or container is formed with upwardly extending sides 5 and is provided with an inwardly turned upper edge 6, which is formed to coact with the outwardly extending lower edge 3 of the cover to facilitate the application of the cover thereto. .The body portion of the box is further provided with an outwardly extending bead 7 between its upper and lower edges.

As a means of normally positioning the container in spaced relation to a supporting surface, a spacing member 8 is provided which, in the preferred form, is shown as comprising a cylindrical casing having in its upper end an inwardly turned bead 9, which is positioned between the outwardly turned edge 3 of the cover and the bead T formed in the body of the box. At the lower edge of the spacing member 8 there is another bead 10 formed inwardly and of a larger diameter than the upper bead 9, it being of suficient size to. prevent the body l of the container from coming in contact with the supporting surface when the cover is removed therefrom as shown in Fig. 2. rEhe body of the box is held in the Yposition as shown in Fig. 1 by frictional engagement with the cover l and the bead 7 of the body of the box engaging the inwardly turned bead 9 of the spacing Vmember prevents the further insertion of the body of the box within the cover. rllhe distance be 'tween the top edge 6 of the box and the bead 7 should be such that when the body of the box is resting upon the lower bead l0 of the spacing member, the inwardly turned upper edge of the body of the box will project above the bead 9 of the spacing member so that the lower outwardly turned edge 3 of the cover may be readily guided thereby to facilitate the application of the cover to the box.

1t is understood that this box or container is preferably made of stamped metal but any suitable material may be employed. A box, such as that herein shown, is particularly adapted to receive shoe paste, it eliminating the necessity of getting the fingers soiled in removing the cover.

From the above description and the accompanying drawings, it is seen that in order to separate the two parts of the container or box, it is merely necessary to apply a force suddenly to the spacing member 8. 'llhis is most readily done by grasping the member 8 and bringing it down suddenly upon the supporting surface. `When this is done, the effect is to, suddenly stop the movement of the spacing member 8 and cover 1 yso that the inertia of thel body portion of the container will be suflicient to cause it to overcome the frictional engagen ment with the sides 2 of the cover l and cause it to move downwardly, thus causing the cover and body of the box to be separated.

In the preferred form the body portion of the box is carried on the inwardly turned bead 10. Vihen the cover is separated from -the body of the box, that part of the body above the bead 7 is guided by the inwardly turned bead 9. To apply the cover to the box, it is merely necessary to position the cover on the upper edge of the bead 9 and the box may be then conveniently placed between the thumb and fingers when by pressing the thumb and `fingers together, the box may be closed.

While but one preferred form of connes-1,505

struction has herein been shown, it is understood that various changes and modifications may be made thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim as' new is:

1. A self-opening container comprising a body portion, a cover frictionally engaging said body portion and a spacing member in Contact with the cover holding the body in spaced relation to a supporting surface, so

that relative movement of the body and cover is effected by suddenly striking the spacing member.

2. A self-opening box comprising a body having a bead, a cover frictionally engaging said body and having a turned edge, and a means normally holding the box in spaced relation to a supporting surface, so that by suddenly dropping the box on a supporting surface, the coverwill be disengaged from the body.

3. A self-opening container comprising a body, a top frictionally engaging said body and a means suppdrting the top and normally holding the entire body in spaced relation to a supporting surface, whereby the top may be separated from the body by suddenly striking the said means.

4t. A self-opening container comprising a body, a top frictionally engaging said body and a means in contact with the top and normally holding the box in spaced relation to a supporting surface, said means comprising a spacing member having one end support ing the container through the cover and the other end thereof extending below the bottom of the body.

5. A self-opening container comprising a body, a top frictionally engaging said body and a means in contact with the top and normally holding the box in,`spaced relation to a supporting surface, said means comprising a spacing member having one end supporting the container through the cover and the other end thereof extending below the bottom ofthe body, said spacing member being provided at the bottom end thereof with an inwardly projecting portion on which the bottom of the container rests when it is disengaged from the cover.

6. A self-opening box comprising a body having an outwardly projecting bead, a top frictionally engaging said body and having an outwardly turned edge, a means to support the box in spaced relation to a supporting surface so that the cover of the box may be separated therefrom by striking sai'd means.

A'self-opening box comprising a bodv, a cover frictionally engaging said body arid a spacing member having one end thereof supporting the cover of said box, said spacing member extending below the bottom of the body so that the cover may be removed from said box when a force is applied to said spacing member.

S. A. self-opening box comprising a plu rality of rictionally engaging members and a means engaging one of saidmembers and holding the box in spaced relation from a supporting surface, so that said members may be disengaged by striking said means.

9. A self-opening box comprising a plurality of riotionally engaging meinbere and a Spacing member having one end thereof in engagement with one of said parte and the other end thereof extending below the bottom of the box and resting upon supporting Surface so that `when the spacing mem-l ber is Suddenly set upon the supporting surface, the parte of the box will be separated.

l0. A self-opening box comprising a body portion having a bottom and upwardly extending side portions, the upper ends of said side portions being bent inwardly and an outwardly extending bead in said upwardly extending sides between the top and bottom thereof, a cover to riotionally engage the upwardly extending side portion of the body, Said Cover having an outwardly extending edge to lbe guided thereover and a spacing member comprising a Cylindrical shell having' at its upper edge an inwardly turned bead adapted to be positioned between the outwardly extending bead of the bottom and the outwardly extending edge of the top, Said spacing member having at the lower end thereof another larger inwardly turned bead positioned below the bottom of the body.

CHARLES GUERITE Y. 

